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Older adults show altered brain responses during sentence comprehension, with reduced N400 effects indicating a decline in semantic processing. This age-related change persists even when controlling for cognitive abilities.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Aging is associated with cognitive changes, including in language processing.
  • Understanding age-related alterations in brain responses during sentence comprehension is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in brain responses during sentence comprehension.
  • To determine if these differences persist when controlling for verbal fluency and intelligence.

Main Methods:

  • Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from younger and older adults.
  • Participants judged the semantic acceptability of congruent and incongruent sentences.
  • Cognitive abilities (verbal fluency, intelligence) were matched between groups.

Main Results:

  • Older adults showed reduced and delayed N400 effects compared to younger adults.
  • A significant congruency effect was observed in younger but not older adults.
  • Older adults exhibited unique late positive component patterns not correlated with performance.

Conclusions:

  • Aging leads to a decline in semantic processing during sentence comprehension.
  • ERP findings suggest dynamic temporal-spatial changes in older adults' semantic processing.
  • Controlled cognitive abilities did not eliminate age-related differences in brain responses.